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Sigma-Aldrich

3-Carene

90%

Synonym(s):

δ3-Carene, 3,7,7-Trimethylbicyclo[4.1.0]hept-3-ene

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C10H16
CAS Number:
13466-78-9
Molecular Weight:
136.23
EC Number:
236-719-3
MDL number:
MFCD00001315
UNSPSC Code:
12352212
PubChem Substance ID:
24847227
NACRES:
NA.22

Assay

90%

optical activity

[α]20/D +15°, neat

impurities

5% 2-carene

refractive index

n20/D 1.474 (lit.)

bp

168-169 °C/705 mmHg (lit.)

density

0.857 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CC1=CCC2C(C1)C2(C)C

InChI

1S/C10H16/c1-7-4-5-8-9(6-7)10(8,2)3/h4,8-9H,5-6H2,1-3H3

InChI key

BQOFWKZOCNGFEC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H226,H304,H315,H317,H412

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 3 - Asp. Tox. 1 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Skin Irrit. 2 - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

116.6 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

47 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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The commercial essential oils of Citrus aurantium L., Cupressus sempervirens L., Eucalyptus globulus Labill., Foeniculum vulgare Mill. and Thymus vulgaris L., isolated by steam distillation by a company of Morocco were evaluated in terms of in vitro antioxidant activity through
Asa M Jonsson et al.
Environmental science & technology, 40(1), 188-194 (2006-01-26)
The effect of water on the initial secondary organic aerosol (SOA) formation from gas-phase ozonolysis of limonene, delta3-carene, and alpha-pinene (-3 and approximately 1.5 x 10(11) molecule cm(-3) reacted) has been investigated in a flow reactor at controlled relative humidity
Dawn E Hall et al.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 65(6), 936-948 (2011-02-18)
Conifers are extremely long-lived plants that have evolved complex chemical defenses in the form of oleoresin terpenoids to resist attack from pathogens and herbivores. In these species, terpenoid diversity is determined by the size and composition of the terpene synthase
Steve Woodward et al.
Tree physiology, 27(12), 1701-1710 (2007-10-17)
Forty-one 2-year-old clones of Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr. from three full-sib families (14 clones from each of two families and 13 clones from a third family) were either wounded and inoculated with an isolate of Heterobasidion annosum (Fr.) Bref. or
Nicole Lehnert et al.
Journal of biotechnology, 159(4), 329-335 (2011-07-05)
Mycelium of the basidiomycete Pleurotus sapidus known to contain a novel dioxygenase was used for the bioconversion of car-3-ene [I]. After 4h of incubation 25.3mgL(-1) car-3-en-5-one [V], 5.4mgL(-1) car-3-en-2-one [VII], and 7.3mgL(-1) car-2-en-4-one [XV] accumulated as major oxidation products. The
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